 Okay, welcome back. Let's resume from where we left at the bottom of page 27 in your PDFs And as his people his children we are called to Holiness Okay, so let's Understand what it means to be holy just a little bit more deeper. Okay with some of scriptures that is mentioned First the Salonist chapter 4 verse 7 for God did not call us to uncleanness but in Holiness first Peter chapter 1 verse 15 and 16 But as he who called you is holy you also be holy in all your conduct Because it is written Be holy for I am Holy okay, be holy for I am holy Second Timothy chapter 1 verse 9 who has saved us and hauled us with a holy calling Not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus Before time began and so there is a calling an Invitation to partake in his holiness It some it's up to us to respond to that call Right Jesus called the disciples but it Disciples have to say yes To follow him Yes or no and similarly, you know in all these scriptures that we read we see that it says God called He has called he has called he has called The question is are you going to respond to that call? Okay, so to call a call to be like him and share his nature is What a whole journey on this holiness is To partake of his nature to have his nature reproduced in us and revealed through us a Call to belong completely to him the call to holiness is a call to belong fully Holy and completely to God set apart for him as his people as his special treasure Okay, so that's what this holiness is is that we completely belong to him. It's not a certain set of do's and don'ts Right. It's your holy. We become holy by you choosing that I want to be like him I want to become more like him But I want to behold Jesus. I want to walk like Jesus did I want to talk like Jesus did I went another unbeliever or whoever sees around me looks at me. I want that person To look at me and say, okay, this person walks and talks like Jesus You know what I'm saying, right? So do it run a me chapter seven verse six It says for you are a holy people to the Lord your God the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for himself a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth Israel Jeremiah chapter 2 verse 3 says Israel was holiness to the Lord the first fruits of his increase And this very famous scripture of first Peter chapter 2 verse 9 and 10 But you are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a holy nation his own special people That you may proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light Who once were not a people but are now the people of God who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy So the call to holiness is to belong completely to him Not 50% not 99% With that we completely belong to him because he is jealous about us He's and that is translated as His love for us Right, he does not want to share you with any other Right So the commandment that what he gave the people of Israel saying that thou shall have no other God Beside me is that the truth is that Isaiah 44 and Isaiah chapter 45. It says that there is no other God I am here of Israel the Lord your God is one. It says in Deuteronomy. Yes or no But the way he's saying that is I don't want you to worship any other idols Because you are set apart for me and Your worship Must be set apart for me. I'm jealous about you. I'm jealous about you as a people as an individual Are you with me? Right? And so that's why idolatry is Is not accepted by the Lord What does idolatry stand for? Idolatry in the spiritual is what adultery is in the natural Okay idolatry in the spiritual is what adultery is in the natural adultery Defines what in the natural is that you are not being faithful Who a person that you are called to be faithful for yes or no right in in in the act of marriage if if I commit in infidelity that means I've committed adultery against my wife, isn't it and so adultery in the natural is what idolatry in the spiritual is and so that means when I worship other gods or You know idolatry looks very differently nowadays in the modern era, right? it's simply saying that My faithfulness does not belong to God The one who's called me he who saved me I Realized that I am choosing not to be faithful to the one who saved me I would be so a Choice to be holy or to live a holy life. It begins with you simply saying I belong to you my 100% belong to you and That has a lot of depth that statement has a lot of depth because in everything you do everything you do It should look like okay, what would Jesus do right? How would he live? Because he's the one who's called you and he set the standard pretty high isn't it? Okay So we are a chosen generation or royal priesthood a holy nation his own special people Let's move on. So what does it mean to be holy? What does it mean to be holy? Simple good. Well, what we've just responded all this while is that a responding a call to holiness is as simply saying yes To be like him and to belong to him In other words absolute surrender absolute surrender right Jesus when he Lived on the earth. He lived his life in absolute surrender And gospel of John is a testament for that that I'm of the time of the time you see that Jesus okay the son of God the word who was with God in the beginning He time and time again says My teachings are not my own What I say to you are not my words what I do they are not my things things that I want that I want to do Everything that I say is what my father tells me to say Everything I do is what my father tells me to do Everything I teach is what my father tells me to teach We are talking about the son of God Co-equal with God the one who has always existed. I want you to understand something right Jesus the son of the living God in Hebrews we see that he is the expression of God's glory He lived his life in absolute surrender How much more should we and that's what a call to holiness is simply is is living a life of absolute surrender? I would make right and And practically this is something that I have learned in the recent years is that it is a Posture of absolute surrender that will keep your life from getting boring Getting bored or mundane, you know feeling very like okay. It's Monday again. I have to go teach these people Every day week after week month after month What happens is that I mean it's possible you get into that attitude, right? Of hey, I'm leading worship Sunday after Sunday after Sunday after Sunday after Sunday after Sunday after Sunday I'm leading worship. I'm leading worship. I'm leading worship. I have to come to Bible college teach Do this how many more years Lord? That kind of will creep and destroy if I forget and Not live by absolute surrender Absolute surrender will keep your heart in check Will keep reminding you Why are you doing what you're doing and who are you doing it for? And that's the that simply is the answer to living a life of holiness and I hope I'm making sense Okay, one of my favorite stories of absolute surrender is the life of maybe The mother of Jesus There are hundreds of prophecies about Jesus in the Old Testament Right there are hundreds of prophecies God's plan for redemption is his ultimate plan for mankind Yes or no God's plan redemption plan is his ultimate plan the plan. There's no plan B. It's it's the plan it's the only plan right and prophecies of the prophecies of the prophecies in the Old Testament that's pointing to the Messiah and And all of those hundreds and hundreds of years of prophecies Had to wait Until Mary said Yes Beat unto me according to your will When she said that what happened? Holy Spirit came over her and who would she host? Jesus right and So when you say absolute yes, Holy Spirit comes over you and you host him When you host the one who is holy you become holy You become that holy sanctuary. Don't you know that you are the temple of the living God? You are holy it set apart isn't it? Right so in this chapter As we continue we will consider what God has done for us to empower us to walk in holiness Okay, so he's not just giving us all these verses and said okay I have called you to be holy and you know, it's and he's not left us To figure it out by ourself. He's saying okay. Hey I'm also going to teach you and show you what has been done so that you can live like this Okay, so first thing what we see is we recognize that the power of sin has been broken And we recognize that we have become new creation in Christ and that as new creation We have been sanctified in Christ. Okay, two very important points that we recognize that the power of sin has been broken Okay, so on the cross Jesus not only paid for our sins by bearing the punishment for us But he also broke the power of sin over our lives Right, he just didn't pay for our sins while we were yet sinners that he died for us. Yes But he broke the power of Sin so Romans chapter 6 verse 6 Romans chapter 6 Romans chapter 6 by the way is a very important chapter Knowing this that our old man Okay, in brackets you will see the old sinful nature. So when you see the words old man new man It's simply referring to the sinful nature. Okay when it's old man It's and when you sing new man, it's new you are a new creation Okay, so knowing this that our old man that our old sinful nature was crucified with him That the body of sin might be done away with That we should no longer be slaves to sin Okay, so this truth is enough for us to understand that okay holiness doesn't depend on you Right the foundation of it is for you have to realize that the power of sin has been broken over our lives and you know you are no longer slaves of Sin, yes or no Okay, so Romans chapter 6 verse 11 to 14 Likewise, you also reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that you shall that you should obey in it obey it in its lusts and Do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin But present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousness to God Okay, so things get interesting now It says present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead and you and your members as instruments of righteousness to God In the next scripture again at the end of Romans chapter 6 verse 19 It says so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness so when The two things right we're looking at that the power of sin is Broken that means you and I are no longer slaves to sin. Okay All of this your journey our journey to salvation To new creation it begins at the cross It begins at the cross right when you encounter Jesus in his love I mean the moment you give your life to Jesus said Lord. I'm a sinner. I Repent of my sins come and be my savior. I give you my life. I Confess that you are my Lord and my savior and that you died on the cross for my sin Right and at that moment what's happening? You're being made new creation Holy Spirit is in you begins to dwell inside of you Are you with me? And so at that moment two things happen one is We are saved from the state of sin. This is called as a positional truth Okay Positional truth. So what is positional truth? It simply means that the moment I accept Jesus as my Lord and savior. I am saved from the state of sin Are you with me? You are a new creation The power of sin has no has been broken. It has no power over us You are no longer a slave to sin Right you were crucified with Jesus as it says in Romans chapter 6 verse 6 Are you with me? So that means positional truth says that you are saved from the state of sin However, because we continue to exist in this physical body We have a capacity to commit the acts of sin Are you with me? And so that's where the process of sanctification is carried out So and that's what we're going to learn a little bit Okay, so New creation is holy Which is sanctified Okay, I'm just going to read that passage there a very important truth for us to understand is that as new creation in Christ We are already Sanctified Okay, that's very important guys as new creation in Christ. We are already Sanctified. This is positional truth. That means I am saved from the state of sin That means I am no longer separated from his spirit What was lost in the garden when sin came what happened? Separation that's basically what sin does it separated us from the spirit of God Right when we say okay John chapter 3 verse 16 whoever believes in him shall have Eternal life eternal life, right? So eternal life is not longevity of your existence Because once I die physically here, I'm going to continue to exist either in hell or in heaven So eternal life is not talking about the longevity of your existence It is simply saying your eternal life is your spirit being reunited with the spirit of God Yeah Okay, so that's what's happening here is that when we become a new creation we are already sanctified This is the positional truth. Yeah, okay. God completes the work in the spiritual realm and Then invites us to live out that live out of that in our daily practical lives Okay, so the work begins it is done in the spiritual realm Right the moments we rather give her life to God whatever day or whatever time which was Okay, there's an activation that was done in the spiritual realm. She is sanctified That's the positional truth. She's been saved from the state of sin Right and but she's still continuing to exist in that body here on earth So the sanctification is the process of living that life out on this round. Okay There's a live no You're still alive. Okay All right, let's look at a few scriptures second Corinthians chapter 5 or 17 second Corinthians chapter 5 was 17 therefore if Anyone is in Christ. He is a new creation All things have passed away. That means what all your old man or old sinful nature, right? It's been passed away. It's done done and dusted gone Okay, behold all things have become new all things. It doesn't say a few things It doesn't say one of many all things have become New okay, so in just a few verses above we saw that when he sanctifies us he sanctifies us wholly fully right spirit soul and Body so that's what it means here second Corinthians 5 17 Efficiency 424 and that you put on new man in other words new creation which was created according to God in true righteousness and Holiness Now, I hope you remember if you've done this course on Who I am in Christ identity Right and all of this is already addressed in in the in that course. We're just kind of De-emphasizing it over here So the new man the born-again person the new creation We have become on the inside and our spirit is created in God's image and is filled with righteousness and holiness This new creation is already sanctified and set apart as holy unto God Okay, the new creation that you've been made is been sanctified and or set apart as holy on to God and so the completed work of sanctific sanctification which was Which happens when you you know except the Lord saving Jesus Christ the completed work which is the positional truth and then it becomes a process because we continue to exist in this realm right and that is what is called as the process of sanctification Okay, everybody say sanctification Okay, so that that becomes called as the process of sanctification Okay, Hebrews chapter 10 verse 10 and 14 Just look at the passage which is in your notes in page 31 in your PDFs sanctification the process of holiness it says While there is the positional truth of us being already sanctified in Christ There is the practical aspect of sanctification Where each day we set ourselves as holy unto the Lord each day That means every day Maybe I have to die to ourselves every day They book take up the cross every day This is the process of Sanctification where we live out our lives as a people who are Sanctified so what is the process of sanctification? This is very important. It's not just information. This is also a very deep important doctrinal truth Theological statement, okay, because sanctification is a huge topic in the world of theology and doctrine So what do you mean by sanctification? Right there are two aspects to it one is the positional truth That means you are sanctified by the finished work of the cross when you say yes And then there is a sanctification process which is shown in the everyday life that you live Absolute surrender coming back to that, okay Hebrews 10 10 14 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all Okay, we have been sanctified by the body of Jesus Christ once for Verse 14 for by one offering he has perfected forever Those who are being sanctified. So in just those two verses There's like a past tense and a present continuous Okay, what's then it says have been sanctified that means done and then towards the end It says who are being sanctified like present and Continuous So it is his sacrifice what he has done for us on the cross and us saying yes to that is The process of being sanctified and it causes us to be holy Okay, so some of the practical areas and God's holiness touching these areas of our lives. Let's look at that So how is this process? sanctification process Worked out through our lives in everyday life number one sanctification of our mind and body Okay, these are just some of the practical areas guys and how we live out our daily lives Sanctification of our mind and body we're gonna read a couple of scriptures and then we'll discuss about that So we move from thinking ungodly unholy thoughts to thinking things that are pure Okay, fine Philippians chapter 4 verse 8 says finally brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble Whatever things are just whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report If there is any virtue and if there are any I think praiseworthy Meditate on these things. That's Philippians chapter 4 verse 8 Okay, so what is this referring to is in your old nature You could have had all sinful thoughts all thoughts that are not lovely thoughts that are not pure Thoughts that are not noble thoughts that are not true thoughts that are sinful thoughts that are not praiseworthy In your old sinful nature, you could have had all of that But now that you have made being made into a new creation now that you are a new creation You have to start thinking differently Like a ring with a renewed mind I with me Okay, so the sanctification of our thoughts words and deeds also, so it's not just talking about our thoughts It's also talking about What we do and what we say so Before you were saved you could have Had a lot of wonderful words coming out of your mouth flowers Right You know what I'm talking about. No, okay Oh In Right You would have lived a certain way what you did you for example like you could have been an alcoholic or a drug addict Right and time and time again. We see that you know when sinners came to Jesus. What did he say? He addressed them. He would touch them Who he would even heal them, but then he would say go and sin no more In other words, he is saying that you have become a new creation The way you live your life Should be different from your old sinful nature Are you with me? Okay, so what how you speak what you speak? Everything becomes you know different and that and that shows that you are in the sanctification process Okay, sure there will be times where you will just lose your control or whatever And hurt people and say things that you shouldn't have shouldn't have said what not But then again, how you respond to that is very important Right there can be you can respond two ways and I have seen this happen all the time among young people and I've done this myself is what happens is We want to live a righteous life, right? We want to please God in the way we live in the way we speak and in the way we do things but Life happens You you may you may fail Right, you may end up doing things that you don't want to do and then you will go on a guilt trip I'm a sinner. I'm a sinner. I'm a sinner. I'm a sinner. I'm a sinner. I'm a sinner I'm a sinner. I'm useless and worthless blah blah blah look yourself in the mirror and say what what's wrong with you talk to yourself All of that right and then what that will do is you will start deciding Okay, I'm not going to go to youth meetings. I'm going to take a break from serving God in the church So what is happening is you are distancing yourself from God Isn't it and here's the thing so what young people also think I'm sure I don't I haven't interacted much with the elderly and so I don't really know how much how they think but They say, okay, I messed up I'm going to take a break Away from the only person who can heal you and expect to get healed You understood Okay, I messed up. So I'm going to be away from God to get better and then come back to God But then the only person who can heal you and and change you is God Are you with me? Right. So, you know, and that's sanctification is a process as much as we've been saved You seeing yes to the process shows where you are standing in the positional truth. Yeah Okay So first Expression is sanctification of our mind and body. How do you think what you say and what you do? And then second is sanctification of our desires our affection our passion So we bring to God our bodily desires and appetites and seek to be holy in these First Thessalonians chapter 4 was 3 to 8 says for this is the will of God your sanctification That you should abstain from sexual immorality That each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor Not in passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God That no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter because the Lord is the Avenger of all such as We also for warned you and testified for God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness therefore He who rejects this does not reject man But God who has also given us his Holy Spirit So again verse 8 ends by saying starts off by saying therefore why is it there for? Okay, okay He who rejects this does not reject man, but God so he's talking about if I reject to live life of holiness Okay, and then just continue to live like Gentiles as it mentioned who live a life like who do not know God with Committing sexual immorality giving my body to be possessed with lust and whatnot without honor and sanctification. I'm rejecting God and so in the sanctification process the way we live of our life is also expressed in our desires. What do you desire? What is your desire right who receives your affection? What are you passionate about? Are you passionate about the things of God? Or are you have are your passions changed? right Again, so your old man or your soul sinful nature is died You are no longer slaves to Sin I with me Okay, but that doesn't mean you will not be tempted now temptation again gives way Because due to what what you desire For example, let's say Okay, think of an example fast Okay, so let's say I was addicted to pornography, but I was not addicted to alcohol Okay, are you with me? Let's say I was addicted to pornography, but I was not addicted to alcohol now Someone can't come to me with alcohol and say, you know, like hey look at this beautiful bottle You know, so and I will not have it was not temptation to me because I have never had an appetite for alcohol And so I can't be tempted by it. I have not had any desire for that Right, but in the past I have had desires for pornography Right, I've had the appetite for it. So if if someone were to come and tempt me with that It is a possibility that I can fall for it. Is it isn't it? Yeah, and so But do those desires change What happens when you become a new creation is that you are no longer just fighting for that desire is like, okay Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy It's you come to a place in God so deep that Things of the world doesn't even bother or affect you I mean that means if by the time I reach leave Bangal Bible College and home The number of billboards that are there with all wonderful designs on it You know, I should be a mess Yes, and you know, that's the beauty of it is You are in a such a deep place with God that his beauty is what matters to you and nothing else matters And so your desires your affection Your love is being overwhelmed by his beauty and his affection and his His affection for you and how much he loves you and nothing else matters. Everything else like that him says turn your eyes upon Jesus Look forth on his wonderful face. Let the things of the world Let the things of the world become fairly dim In the light of your wonderful face and so when he when the light of his face is shining and which is the most brightest before you It's like nothing else matters. Everything else is dim What else are you going to see? What else is going to take your attention away? Right and I think probes chapter 16 verse 15 says in the light of the king's face is life I hope it's right Yes, in the light of the king's face is life and That reminds me of number six how numbers chapter 6 ends with Aaronic blessing May the Lord bless you and keep you and cause his Face to shine upon you. Why because when his countenance increases It affects us isn't it Moses's face was Radiating because he was in the very presence of God Yes In some 34 says those who look on him and their faces were radiant And so the light of his face dims everything else of the earth and that affects our desires and our affection And that helps us live out this or go through this process of sanctification. Okay? I Okay, four and five sanctification of our time talents and money We desire to glorify God with our time by ensuring we do not waste time and put it to good use We seek to use our skills and capabilities in meaningful ways to glorify God and bless people We honor God with our money by giving generously into the work of his kingdom and to help other people Who are in need? So you see how sanctification affects all of this like in our day-to-day lives Everything changes and finally sanctification of our family home and possessions In our marriage in our family life how we nurture our children our home and earthly possessions We seek to be set apart unto God and glorify God Okay So with this we end this chapter in the next chapter we'll go a little bit more deeper in on the same subject of Sanctification Okay, so what we want to re-emphasize about this chapter from the previous chapter is that now that we've understood How holy he is How wonderful and how magnificent our God is He wants to share that nature with us And he wants to he wants us to reveal that nature through us as well Okay, so with that we'll pause for today and We'll resume next week All right any thoughts or questions guys, right? I hope there was something that you could learn from today's class and Please meditate on it when you can And God bless you. Thanks for joining take care. 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